Research Intern (PhD students) - US-CA-Santa Rosa-Bldg 4, United States
$49 - $53 USD yearly
Originally posted 14 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This internship involves onsite work within a team environment, focusing on electronic design, simulation, prototyping, and test within the semiconductor industry.
What you'll do
- Work onsite as part of a team in a physical workspace.
- Conceptualize signal flow for various systems.
- Integrate different hardware and software components.
- Debug systems using logic analyzers, network analyzers, and signal generators.
What you'll need
- Completed MS and currently enrolled in a PhD program.
- Combination of electronics, signal processing, and circuit design skills.
- Understanding of analog and digital circuits.
- Knowledge of RF electronics.
- Experience with op-amps, filters, oscillators, and mixers.
- Understanding of Fourier Transform.
- Knowledge of waveform generation techniques.
- Concepts of modulation and demodulation.
- Ability to perform signal amplitude, phase, and frequency analysis.
- Experience working with bandwidth, resolution, and dynamic range.
- Ability to conceptualize signal flow (e.g., from antenna to output display).
- Knowledge of key components including RF Front-End (LNA, Mixer, LO), IF (Intermediate Frequency) Section, ADC (Analog-to-Digital Converter), Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Unit, and Display/Interface Module.
- Experience with schematic capture software.
- Understanding of PCB layout considerations for RF circuits.
- Knowledge of grounding, shielding, and impedance matching.
- Familiarity with FPGA, DSP, or microcontrollers for real-time processing.
- Programming in C/C++ or Python.
- Experience using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and network analyzers.
- Understanding of signal integrity, noise reduction, and error handling.
- Experience working with MATLAB, Simulink, LTspice, or ADS (Advanced Design System).
- Ability to simulate and analyze RF circuits and signal processing algorithms.
Skills: RF electronics, signal processing, circuit design, schematic design, PCB layout
This role has been open 51 days — exactly the 51-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
265
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$162k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Keysight Technologies | All employers we track in this specialty (265 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 22 | 265 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 35 | 1400 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 149 d | 51 d (+98 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $162k |
Skills observed across this category: RF electronics, signal processing, circuit design, schematic design, PCB layout
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO · 46 open roles · median 35 d
- Skyworks · 41 open roles · median 40 d
- Keysight Technologies (this employer) · 24 open roles · median 174 d
- Qualcomm · 24 open roles · median 102 d
- Apple · 20 open roles · median 19 d
- Analog Devices · 12 open roles · median 57 d
How we counted: 265 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 5 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.